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  Leveraging AI for Enhanced Corrosion Control in Oil Pipelines

  Corrosion is a significant challenge faced by the oil and gas industry, particularly in pipelines that transport crude oil, refined products, and natural gas. It refers...

  By: Faysal Fayez Eliyan, PhD | Assistant Professor

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  Corrosion Prevention and Lightweighting Vehicles

  Lightweighting vehicles means making sure the lightest materials suitable to the job are used in the manufacture of vehicles. By lightweighting, manufacturers aim to...

  By: Raghvendra Gopal | Founder & Director, Materials Info Consultancy Private Limited

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  Refractory Metals: Properties, Types and Applications

  Refractory metals are widely used because of their unique and desirable properties and behaviors, especially their resistance to corrosion and their extraordinary...

  By: Corrosionpedia Staff

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  All About Environmental Cracking in Nickel-Based Alloys

  Nickel (Ni)-based alloys are used in highly corrosive environments and often where other metals—such as stainless steels—have insufficient corrosion...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  Why is Stainless Steel Corrosion Resistant?

  Stainless steel is known for its corrosion resistance in many environments in which carbon and low-alloy tool steels would corrode. (Background reading: An Introduction...

  By: Michael Pfeifer | Principal Consultant and Trainer for Industrial Metallurgists, LLC

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  Control of Corrosion in Cooling Towers

  Cooling towers provide an effective method of heat rejection and are widely used for space conditioning, refrigeration and industrial cooling applications. The control...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  Anodize This: The Brilliance of Anodizing

  The anodizing process enables the formation of a brilliant, stable and durable oxide layer upon certain metals, which minimizes wear and corrosion damage to the...

  By: Shivananda Prabhu

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  Corrosion Products Produced by High Temperature Exposures

  In order to prevent high temperature corrosion, identifying the corrosion products is key. As with the analysis of aqueous corrosion products, a combination of methods...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services

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  The Corrosion of Lightweight Materials Used in Automotive Applications

  Throughout the automotive industry there is an increasing interest in lightweight construction materials to achieve better fuel economy and meet regulatory requirements...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  How to Improve Feedwater Quality to Prevent Boiler Corrosion

  Boiler failure is a major concern for heating and power plants, and the corrosion associated with the boiler's water quality is known to be the main cause. The total...

  By: Della Anggabrata

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  How to Prevent Filiform Corrosion Under Coatings

  Filiform corrosion is a particular form of corrosion that occurs under thin coatings in randomly distributed threads like filaments. Filiform corrosion is also known as...

  By: Dennis Jayasinghe | Principal/Chief Technical Officer, Corr-Met Inspection & Consulting Inc.

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  Analyzing Aqueous Corrosion Products

  A combination of multiple methods is often required to correctly identify aqueous corrosion products with the most commonly used methods being scanning electron...

  By: Steven Bradley | Principal Consultant, Bradley Consulting Services